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Time Magazine
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
Where All the Key Players on The Handmaid's Tale Wind Up in the Series Finale
W arning: Spoilers ahead for the series finale of The Handmaid's Tale It's hard to believe it, but one of television's most eerily prescient and challenging series has come to an end. Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, stars Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne, a woman enslaved as a Handmaid in an alternative America taken over by Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy. The show's themes around women's rights and bodily autonomy became distressingly more timely with each passing season, and while anecdotally it felt so bleak as to become unwatchable for many, it continued to set viewership records throughout its eight-year run. But for those who found the show too painful to continue, rest assured that the sixth and final season was markedly less tragic—though not without some heart-shattering moments. The final season focuses largely on the rebellion movement, and June and company's efforts in taking Gilead down for good. Admittedly, the most explosive moments of The Handmaid's Tale come in the two episodes before the finale. In Episode 8, 'Exodus,' the Handmaids lead a massive rebellion during the wedding of Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) and Commander Wharton (Josh Charles), killing dozens of Commanders and creating a massive vulnerability in Gilead. And Serena's marriage ends as soon as it begins, when she gets home and discovers Wharton has enlisted the services of a Handmaid, despite Serena's fertility. In Episode 9, 'Execution,' Gilead retaliates, capturing June and dozens of other Handmaids, attempting to hang them in the gallows in a public execution. But the rebellion emerges again, led by the rebel group Mayday, as they free the Handmaids and kill more commanders and many members of Gilead's army in the process. After she's freed, June works with Commander Lawrence (Bradley Whitford) to kill the most powerful remaining commanders with a bomb that blows up their plane. June and the Handmaids have finally won. Still, the finale of The Handmaid's Tale has plenty of revelations and reveals as it wraps the series on a surprisingly hopeful note. Here's where each of the series' key characters stands after the series finale. Commander Joseph Lawrence Commander Joseph played a vital part in establishing Gilead as a major force, becoming the prime architect of the economy. But throughout the series, he became increasingly repulsed by these actions, which included enslaving thousands of women. In Season 6, he works with Mayday to take down Gilead from the inside. He's tasked with planting a bomb on a plane full of high-level commanders, and leaving before they get on the plane. It winds up being a suicide mission; the other commanders see Joseph before he can leave. Joseph sacrifices himself in an effort to undo the horror he helped bring onto the world. Commander Nick Walker Nick (Max Minghella) had quite the journey in the final season of The Handmaid's Tale, balancing his love for June with his life as a father and high-level commander in Gilead. He sells out June's plan to take out a group of commanders at Jezebel's, which shatters her trust in him. Nick's dedication to the commanders proves to be his undoing. At the encouragement of his wife Rose (Carey Cox), he gets on the plane with the other commanders—the same one Lawrence has planted a bomb on. He dies alongside Joseph and the other commanders. Rita A Martha (an infertile woman who works as a domestic servant) who befriended the Handmaids, Rita (Amanda Brugel) played a significant role in the Mayday rebellion. Despite escaping to Canada, Rita returned to New Bethlehem for the chance to reunite with her sister. Mercifully, the two are brought back together after years apart. In New Bethlehem, Rita bakes the cake for Serena's wedding to Commander Wharton. She laces the cake with a sedative, which leads to the Handmaids killing 37 commanders in one evening, turning the tide against Gilead. She saves June from the gallows, shooting the crane operator who attempted to hang her. Rita was a symbol of quiet valor throughout The Handmaid's Tale, and without her, the liberation of Boston would have never happened. Emily The most shocking appearance in this season of The Handmaid's Tale goes to Emily (Alexis Bledel), a former series regular who left the show after Season 4. We last heard of Emily in Season 5, when her wife Sylvia (Clea DuVall) told June that she'd returned to Gilead (after escaping to Canada) to fight with Mayday. Emily finds June in a now-liberated Boston, where the former reveals that she was in Bridgeport, Conn., working as a Martha for a Commander for seven months. But he was a friend, allowing Emily to keep in touch with Sylvia and her son Oliver. 'So you weren't just gone?' June asks her. 'Of course not, they're the reason I'm fighting,' Emily responds. Moira Moira (Samira Wiley) was one of June's best friends before the Gilead takeover, and remained a close ally through their time in Gilead. Moira escaped to Canada in Season 4 and has worked with June's husband, Luke (O-T Fagbenle), to help secure homes for Gilead refugees. In Season 6, she fights against Gilead as part of Mayday with June and Luke. Though she's absent from the finale (flashbacks excluded), she continues to work for Mayday in the quest for liberation of America under Gilead. Janine One of the biggest question marks in the final season of The Handmaid's Tale was the fate of Janine (Madeline Brewer). Few endured more than Janine, who remained in Gilead through the entire series, while seeing many of her friends escape for a better life. Janine has been separated from her daughter Charlotte, and forced into sex work as a Jezebel. She then becomes a handmaid again under Commander Bell (Timothy Simons), who is extremely abusive and controlling. She plays a role in the rebellion, and she luckily escapes death by hanging, but unfortunately, in the ensuing firefight, she is taken by Gilead once again, and her status is unknown. But in the finale, her extreme suffering finally comes to an end. Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd), who has been determined to save Janine, finally comes to her senses about Gilead. Alongside Naomi (Ever Carradine), who was raising Janine's daughter, Lydia frees Janine, handing her off to June. In an extremely welcome surprise, Naomi gives Charlotte back to Janine, finally giving Janine the long-awaited happy ending she so richly deserves. Serena Serena's (Yvonne Strahovski) life is left in flux after the liberation of Massachusetts. After being a key member of New Bethlehem, she's been stripped of her passport and has been refused entry by Canada and the European Union. Now a refugee, Mark (Sam Jaeger) gets her a temporary place in a UN settlement. She's last seen with her son in the refugee camp, holding him close and telling him he's all she's ever wanted. But it's hard to shake the feeling that it's just something Serena is telling herself to make peace with her new, uncertain life. Before she leaves for the refugee camp, she does get the opportunity to properly apologize to June for everything she's put her through. June sincerely forgives her, which comes as a relief to a woman who's gone through a significant evolution throughout The Handmaid's Tale. They were forced to work together numerous times this season, and you get the sense that if circumstances were different, the two may have been friends. June After leading the Mayday rebellion in Boston, June has successfully liberated the city of Boston and the state of Massachusetts. The Handmaid's Tale truly puts June through the wringer at every opportunity, yet she comes out victorious, obliterating the Gilead that once controlled her and so many other women. She's reunited with her mother and daughter, Holly, and she's fought alongside Luke with Mayday throughout the season. While they may not be together anymore, they still care deeply for one another, and they're united by their shared goal: to get their daughter Hannah back. Though audiences wanted nothing more than to see June find Hannah, the mission to get her back is still ongoing. She leaves her family behind and continues to fight to get Hannah. Both her mother and Luke suggest that June write a book about her experiences. She's hesitant at first, but at the end of the finale, she takes a long walk through what was once Gilead. She returns to the Waterfords' home, where she once served as Handmaid Offred, the beginning of her horrific, life-altering experience. She begins to record, making note of her experiences. It's the same dialogue from the very first episode. In close-up, she looks at the camera and smiles, cutting to black and ending the series. While the finale of The Handmaid's Tale is largely a celebration of the rebellion's success, the fact that June and Hannah are yet to reunite is a reminder of how far they have to go. Massachusetts may be free, but most of America still lies under Gilead's rule. For now. With the show's sequel series, The Testaments, now in production, and set 15 years in the future, we know there's more to Gilead's story to unfold on-screen in the years to come.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Bitcoin Wallet Firm Exodus Unveils Crypto Debit Card With Baanx
U.S.-listed Exodus Movement (EXOD), a self-custody wallet firm specializing in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has unveiled an Exodus debit card in partnership with Baanx, a crypto card enabler that works with Mastercard and Visa. Through the Baanx partnership, Exodus users can spend their crypto on everyday purchases such as travel, online shopping, and anywhere Mastercard is accepted, the firms announced at the BTC Vegas conference on Tuesday. Bringing debit card functionality to self-custody crypto holders is a fast-growing subset of the digital assets space, attracting a range of popular platforms such as Ethereum wallet firm MetaMask, decentralized finance firm 1inch and most recently, Sam Altman's World Network. Beta testing of the virtual Exodus card begins at BTC Vegas, starting with the two major stablecoins, USDT and USDC, which users can instantly swap for bitcoin and other major cryptos inside the Exodus wallet. A wider rollout to the six million or so Exodus users will happen later this year, said Exodus CEO JP Richardson. 'If you consider there are 1.7 billion people who are unbanked out there, well now they don't need a bank account because they can use something like this,' Richardson said in an interview. Baanx chief commercial officer Simon Jones echoed this view: 'You are effectively saying that if you've got access to a mobile phone, you've got access to a range of basic financial services,' Jones said in an interview. 'Historically, wallets were very much focused around the custodial element with some swaps and trading. Now we are really seeing an evolution happen where your wallet is becoming your virtual account.' In December of 2024, Nebraska-based Exodus was given the greenlight to list on the NYSE American, the New York Stock Exchange's sibling market, not long after Donald Trump's election victory. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Mayor
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Mayor
Exodus Launches XO Pay, An In-App Bitcoin And Crypto Purchase Solution
Exodus has officially launched XO Pay, a new crypto purchasing feature that allows users to buy and sell digital assets directly within the Exodus mobile wallet, and is now live across the United States. XO Pay aims to simplify the process for its users to easily purchase cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. XO Pay is powered by Coinme's Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) API platform and is a self custody Bitcoin wallet. This means customers can now purchase BTC within the wallet without going through third-party exchanges while keeping full control of their assets. 'XO Pay represents our commitment to making cryptocurrency more accessible to everyday customers,' said JP Richardson, Co-Founder and CEO of Exodus, in a recent press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. 'By integrating the purchasing process directly into our mobile wallet, we're removing barriers and simplifying the journey from fiat to crypto, and back.' With XO Pay, Exodus offers a self custodial way to complete Bitcoin transactions. This rollout is part of Exodus' broader mission to make digital assets more secure, as the demand for Bitcoin is increasing. 'By creating a Web2 checkout experience into a Web3 self-custody wallet, Exodus has set a new bar for crypto user experience,' said Neil Bergquist, CEO and co-founder of Coinme. 'Exodus' innovative integration of Coinme's APIs delivers the seamless in-app purchase flow users expect while keeping them in full control of their assets.' READ SOURCE
The Advertiser
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Award-winning photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies at 81
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at 81, his family says. Salgado died in Paris, where he lived for more than 55 years, local media reported. Salgado's style was marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality, and emotionally charged scenarios. Many of his best pictures were taken in impoverished communities, especially in the Amazon and in Africa. "Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, humane, and ecological world," Salgado's family said in a statement. "As a photographer who travelled the globe continuously, he contracted a particular form of malaria in 2010 in Indonesia while working on his Genesis project. Fifteen years later, complications from this illness developed into severe leukaemia, which ultimately took his life," the family added. Earlier, Instituto Terra, which was founded by Salgado and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, and the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member, announced his death. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Composer Laurent Petitgirard, secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts, said in a statement that Salgado, one of his colleagues, was "remarkable for his moral integrity, his charisma, and his commitment to serving art." "He leaves behind a monumental body of work," Petitgirard said about a photographer who received many awards, and was elected an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States in 1992 and to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. Salgado's main works include the recent Amazonia series, Workers, which shows manual labour around the world, and Exodus (also known as Migrations or Sahel), which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado had his life and work portrayed in the documentary The Salt of the Earth (2014), co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. The film was was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2015. One of Brazil's most famous artists, though, always insisted he was "just a photographer." Salgado moved to France in 1969 as Brazil endured a military dictatorship. He said in different interviews he was then a leftist militant against the regime. It was in Paris in 1973 that he started to fully dedicate his time to photography and develop his black-and-white style, years after his economics degree. His first professional works were for the agency Sygma in 1974. The following year, he documented the lives of peasants and Indigenous peoples in Latin America for the Gamma agency. Five years later, he joined Magnum, a top brand for photographers, of which he later became president. Salgado left it in 1994 to found Amazonia Images with his wife, an agency that exclusively handles his work. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received Salgado's support throughout his political career, requested a minute of silence during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia to honour "one of the greatest, if not the greatest, photographer the world has ever produced." Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at 81, his family says. Salgado died in Paris, where he lived for more than 55 years, local media reported. Salgado's style was marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality, and emotionally charged scenarios. Many of his best pictures were taken in impoverished communities, especially in the Amazon and in Africa. "Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, humane, and ecological world," Salgado's family said in a statement. "As a photographer who travelled the globe continuously, he contracted a particular form of malaria in 2010 in Indonesia while working on his Genesis project. Fifteen years later, complications from this illness developed into severe leukaemia, which ultimately took his life," the family added. Earlier, Instituto Terra, which was founded by Salgado and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, and the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member, announced his death. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Composer Laurent Petitgirard, secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts, said in a statement that Salgado, one of his colleagues, was "remarkable for his moral integrity, his charisma, and his commitment to serving art." "He leaves behind a monumental body of work," Petitgirard said about a photographer who received many awards, and was elected an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States in 1992 and to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. Salgado's main works include the recent Amazonia series, Workers, which shows manual labour around the world, and Exodus (also known as Migrations or Sahel), which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado had his life and work portrayed in the documentary The Salt of the Earth (2014), co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. The film was was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2015. One of Brazil's most famous artists, though, always insisted he was "just a photographer." Salgado moved to France in 1969 as Brazil endured a military dictatorship. He said in different interviews he was then a leftist militant against the regime. It was in Paris in 1973 that he started to fully dedicate his time to photography and develop his black-and-white style, years after his economics degree. His first professional works were for the agency Sygma in 1974. The following year, he documented the lives of peasants and Indigenous peoples in Latin America for the Gamma agency. Five years later, he joined Magnum, a top brand for photographers, of which he later became president. Salgado left it in 1994 to found Amazonia Images with his wife, an agency that exclusively handles his work. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received Salgado's support throughout his political career, requested a minute of silence during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia to honour "one of the greatest, if not the greatest, photographer the world has ever produced." Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at 81, his family says. Salgado died in Paris, where he lived for more than 55 years, local media reported. Salgado's style was marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality, and emotionally charged scenarios. Many of his best pictures were taken in impoverished communities, especially in the Amazon and in Africa. "Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, humane, and ecological world," Salgado's family said in a statement. "As a photographer who travelled the globe continuously, he contracted a particular form of malaria in 2010 in Indonesia while working on his Genesis project. Fifteen years later, complications from this illness developed into severe leukaemia, which ultimately took his life," the family added. Earlier, Instituto Terra, which was founded by Salgado and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, and the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member, announced his death. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Composer Laurent Petitgirard, secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts, said in a statement that Salgado, one of his colleagues, was "remarkable for his moral integrity, his charisma, and his commitment to serving art." "He leaves behind a monumental body of work," Petitgirard said about a photographer who received many awards, and was elected an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States in 1992 and to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. Salgado's main works include the recent Amazonia series, Workers, which shows manual labour around the world, and Exodus (also known as Migrations or Sahel), which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado had his life and work portrayed in the documentary The Salt of the Earth (2014), co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. The film was was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2015. One of Brazil's most famous artists, though, always insisted he was "just a photographer." Salgado moved to France in 1969 as Brazil endured a military dictatorship. He said in different interviews he was then a leftist militant against the regime. It was in Paris in 1973 that he started to fully dedicate his time to photography and develop his black-and-white style, years after his economics degree. His first professional works were for the agency Sygma in 1974. The following year, he documented the lives of peasants and Indigenous peoples in Latin America for the Gamma agency. Five years later, he joined Magnum, a top brand for photographers, of which he later became president. Salgado left it in 1994 to found Amazonia Images with his wife, an agency that exclusively handles his work. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received Salgado's support throughout his political career, requested a minute of silence during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia to honour "one of the greatest, if not the greatest, photographer the world has ever produced." Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at 81, his family says. Salgado died in Paris, where he lived for more than 55 years, local media reported. Salgado's style was marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality, and emotionally charged scenarios. Many of his best pictures were taken in impoverished communities, especially in the Amazon and in Africa. "Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, humane, and ecological world," Salgado's family said in a statement. "As a photographer who travelled the globe continuously, he contracted a particular form of malaria in 2010 in Indonesia while working on his Genesis project. Fifteen years later, complications from this illness developed into severe leukaemia, which ultimately took his life," the family added. Earlier, Instituto Terra, which was founded by Salgado and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, and the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member, announced his death. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Composer Laurent Petitgirard, secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts, said in a statement that Salgado, one of his colleagues, was "remarkable for his moral integrity, his charisma, and his commitment to serving art." "He leaves behind a monumental body of work," Petitgirard said about a photographer who received many awards, and was elected an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States in 1992 and to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. Salgado's main works include the recent Amazonia series, Workers, which shows manual labour around the world, and Exodus (also known as Migrations or Sahel), which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado had his life and work portrayed in the documentary The Salt of the Earth (2014), co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. The film was was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2015. One of Brazil's most famous artists, though, always insisted he was "just a photographer." Salgado moved to France in 1969 as Brazil endured a military dictatorship. He said in different interviews he was then a leftist militant against the regime. It was in Paris in 1973 that he started to fully dedicate his time to photography and develop his black-and-white style, years after his economics degree. His first professional works were for the agency Sygma in 1974. The following year, he documented the lives of peasants and Indigenous peoples in Latin America for the Gamma agency. Five years later, he joined Magnum, a top brand for photographers, of which he later became president. Salgado left it in 1994 to found Amazonia Images with his wife, an agency that exclusively handles his work. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received Salgado's support throughout his political career, requested a minute of silence during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia to honour "one of the greatest, if not the greatest, photographer the world has ever produced."
West Australian
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Award-winning photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies at 81
Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at 81, his family says. Salgado died in Paris, where he lived for more than 55 years, local media reported. Salgado's style was marked by black-and-white imagery, rich tonality, and emotionally charged scenarios. Many of his best pictures were taken in impoverished communities, especially in the Amazon and in Africa. "Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, humane, and ecological world," Salgado's family said in a statement. "As a photographer who travelled the globe continuously, he contracted a particular form of malaria in 2010 in Indonesia while working on his Genesis project. Fifteen years later, complications from this illness developed into severe leukaemia, which ultimately took his life," the family added. Earlier, Instituto Terra, which was founded by Salgado and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado, and the French Academy of Fine Arts, of which he was a member, announced his death. "Sebastião was more than one of the best photographers of our time," Instituto Terra said in a statement. "His lens revealed the world and its contradictions; his life, (brought) the power of transformative action." Composer Laurent Petitgirard, secretary of the French Academy of Fine Arts, said in a statement that Salgado, one of his colleagues, was "remarkable for his moral integrity, his charisma, and his commitment to serving art." "He leaves behind a monumental body of work," Petitgirard said about a photographer who received many awards, and was elected an honorary member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States in 1992 and to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. Salgado's main works include the recent Amazonia series, Workers, which shows manual labour around the world, and Exodus (also known as Migrations or Sahel), which documents people in transit, including refugees and slum residents. Salgado had his life and work portrayed in the documentary The Salt of the Earth (2014), co-directed by Wim Wenders and his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. The film was was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2015. One of Brazil's most famous artists, though, always insisted he was "just a photographer." Salgado moved to France in 1969 as Brazil endured a military dictatorship. He said in different interviews he was then a leftist militant against the regime. It was in Paris in 1973 that he started to fully dedicate his time to photography and develop his black-and-white style, years after his economics degree. His first professional works were for the agency Sygma in 1974. The following year, he documented the lives of peasants and Indigenous peoples in Latin America for the Gamma agency. Five years later, he joined Magnum, a top brand for photographers, of which he later became president. Salgado left it in 1994 to found Amazonia Images with his wife, an agency that exclusively handles his work. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received Salgado's support throughout his political career, requested a minute of silence during a ceremony in the capital Brasilia to honour "one of the greatest, if not the greatest, photographer the world has ever produced."
